RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84692)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84692)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bust of Caracalla, right, wearing crown and garments of Demiourgos, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗϹ ϹΕΥΗΡΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Β
Edition Ἀντωνιανῆς Σευηριανῆς Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ἀντωνιαν(ῆς) Σευηριαν(ῆς) Ἁδρια(νῆς) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Antonian Severan Hadrianic Tarsus, first, greatest, most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design agonistic crown on table with four straight long legs, between two nude athletes; vase below the table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.94 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1919,0822.8
    L BMC 195
    Heritage 61160, 10 May 2020, lot 97091
    ✸ Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2408
    Nomos 6, 8 May 2012, lot 176 = LHS 95, 25 Oct. 2005, lot 831